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| Canto 9: Liberation | Chapter 20: The Dynasty of Puru |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 9.20.36
pravritto varito garbham
SYNONYMS
antah-vatnyam -- pregnant; bhratri-patnyam -- with the brother's wife; maithunaya -- desiring sexual enjoyment; brihaspatih -- the demigod named Brihaspati; pravrittah -- so inclined; varitah -- when forbidden to do so; garbham -- the son within the abdomen; saptva -- by cursing; viryam -- semen; upasrijat -- discharged.
TRANSLATION
When the demigod named Brihaspati was attracted by his brother's wife, Mamata, who at that time was pregnant, he desired to have sexual relations with her. The son within her womb forbid this, but Brihaspati cursed him and forcibly discharged semen into the womb of Mamata.
PURPORT
The sex impulse is so strong in this material world that even Brihaspati, who is supposed to be the priest of the demigods and a very learned scholar, wanted to have a sexual relationship with his brother's pregnant wife. This can happen even in the society of the higher demigods, so what to speak of human society? The sex impulse is so strong that it can agitate even a learned personality like Brihaspati.
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His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness